Thanks, Chief! I've heard people say good things about Muse, but I must confess that's the first I've ever listened to them. You're right, that is catchy! It's on my favorites list now

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Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:01 pm

No offense taken Flagg if you've heard one Nugent song you basically have heard them all, I dug the Damn Yankees (can we get them back together?), and I'm not a huge Nuge fan; I did love his comments about a certain someone getting a second term and "I'll either be dead or in Jail!" Hope he played them a little acoustic set when the Secret Service came a-knockin'!

Here's some cool stuff of 80s stars who have reunited and seem as strong as ever:

Extreme- Get the Funk Out (w/ an awesome opening "goof" of Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee.... Nuno can still shred. They are funny.. Pat Badger plays it off like "Hey check the set list on the stage floor dude.")

Keep em coming despite being a Metalhead I listen to lots of stuff even Jazz (Pat Metheny and Wes Montgomery), Blues (the 3 Kings B.B. Albert, and Freddie), and Classical (Paganini and Grieg).

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Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:35 pm

Wanted to add 3 more outside the box videos for those who don't believe that Metal has a VERY strong basis in classical music. Not that these 2 prove anything, neccesarily, but it shows that the distorted guitar used in Metal can be very "violin like". Not to mention it is about time for Trans-Siberian Orchestra to wow everyone again as Christmas approaches!

Pachelbel's Canon (Rock); (Many versions of this Jerry C does another impressive version but I prefer this one)

Paganini's 5th Caprice -Jason Becker (he was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) over 20 years ago and given 3-5 years to live. He's still kicking and somehow composes music with only function of his mouth and eyes!)

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Posted:
Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:17 pm

Flagg wrote:

Thanks, Chief! I've heard people say good things about Muse, but I must confess that's the first I've ever listened to them. You're right, that is catchy! It's on my favorites list now

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Posted:
Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:08 am

Street,

That Bach's Air piece was amazing!

Don't know if you've caught this before and while it's not a song, it is a piece of art that uses music to help set the mood. It's from Ukraine's Got Talent 2009. I watch this piece every now and again, even though I can't understand a damn thing they are saying, it's just that good. Doesn't hurt that the chick is smokin hot either.

Watching the audience's reaction is very powerful, at least to me it is, anyways.

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Posted:
Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:52 am

Chief,

ZOMG! That Knights of Cydonia video was freaking EPIC! Good song, but the video was just awesome!

Been trying to track down something interesting on youtube to post, but can't find anything at the moment.

I'll get back with ya

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Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:09 pm

Chief: It is hard to go wrong with Bach isn't it Excellent choice Rostropovich is one of the most "soulful" Cellist's to grace this 3rd rock of ours. My father is a big classical listener (along with Everly Brothers and 50s Doo-Wop and MoTown) so that is where I gained the ear for it, perhaps that's why I went from New Wave/Pop to Metal at the age of 13 (although the bands that turned me to Metal were Blues-based; Ratt and Motley Crue). And being of Ukrainian ethnicity, my Grandparents, and their first 2 children, came over 3 weeks before WWII broke out (his brother was in the Polish Parliament and warned them to leave Ukraine, my family was surprised to find this link about my Great Uncle Nikita Bura recently http://www.ukrainiansintheuk.info/eng/01/bura-e.htm ) I have heard Rostropovich many times before.

As to Muse I go from loving it to meh. They don't quite tug at my heart but I can certainly see how it could others.

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Posted:
Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:33 pm

If anyone gets the chance I would encourage they go, and take the family too, and see Trans-Siberian Orchestra. When we go about half the crowd, it seems, is my Father's age (70ish) even though it is "Hard Rock" based. They bring a String Section to complement them and the showmanship is unmatched..... and they give $2 from every ticket to charity ($1 to Salvation Army and $1 to a local charity, local to the arena they are in that day). In Detroit, not sure about other places, they do a daytime AND a nightime show the same day. We go to the night show and they seem sharp despite having played 3 hours earlier that day. Being a musician I look for mistakes, or misplayed notes, and can scarcely find a single one in 3 hours!

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Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:37 pm

Since we're off on a more "classical" bent how about these 2 masterpieces:

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Posted:
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:31 pm

Wanted to share some stuff from an amazingly talented and versatile guitarist:

A little more mellow then I usually listen to but his voice and writing talent cannot be denied. He plays in a band me and Stik both dig VERY much called King's X!

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Not my style of music, I just cannot get into pop anymore (even if it is R&B-ish it's very Adele-like), but she can surely belt it out!

Forgot these guys did this song (don't know how because I love Cat Stevens; before he converted; Harry Chapin, Gordon Lightfoot and such). Hope these guys stick it out and come around again sometime soon because they are so tight live and I never did get to see them.

_________________A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.

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Posted:
Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:57 pm

It's been awhile and do not fear, or fear if you hate my music choices as they may be, I am coming back with 2 new ones for the Metalheads!

_________________A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.

Only thing is I don't like how any song like this seems to immediately get made into an MMA or wrestling advertisement nowadays...

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Posted:
Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:19 am

Each day I pull some memory out of the deep recesses of my mind and search you tube for a song, then click on the playlist and listen to that the rest of the day. There are even playlists for full albums now.